Is it normal that i have trouble eating in front of people?

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I am ultra nervous eating around people I just met or don't know well. I will literally sit and stare at my plate (especially if it's messy food like spaghetti for example). I have no idea why I'm so weird about it. It's embarrassing because my new friend(s) will be like " let's go to this restaurant!" and I will try to get out of it even though it sounds fun. Ill be nervous at the table and its obvious. If its finger food ill rip it into tiny pieces so its easy to fit in my mouth ( like bread for example). Ill avoid foods that you have to take bites out of (like burgers). what the hell is wrong with me?

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  • aliwashere0609
    13 years ago

    same here, its called social anxiety disorder. it sucks :\

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  • Lamb96
    12 years ago

    I got it too so does my grandpa so he never really goes out..must of got it from him ad my antisocial haha

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Same. I hate it when I need to take a piece of food from my mouth if I've eaten maybe too much by accident. Makes me feel so embarrassed Lol.

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  • Angel_in_a_Glass_Dress
    12 years ago

    But just think... most times people are too busy eating their own food to notice ... if that helps. :-)

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  • ilovemyjew
    12 years ago

    Saaaaame:/

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  • instazombiinaboxx
    12 years ago

    I always feel like people are watching me when I eat and it makes me uncomfortable, even when no one has even taken notice of me. It doesn't help that my new step-brother watches me while I eat since he moved in and makes comments on my table habits though I've been this way long before he cam e into my life.

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  • tinkabelle
    12 years ago

    Your not the only one. When I stay at my boyfriends house I don't eat anything cause I'm worried that he will think I'm a pig or that is gross that I eat. It's a really bad thing to think cause the next day I'm almost passed out at collage from bein so hungary

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Ok go to a public school and eat there cuz u jave tp eat in publin there lol

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  • mizeka
    13 years ago

    I have this problem too.

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  • JeremyG
    13 years ago

    Eating together is the most normal thing since the dawn of humanity.
    Think back. When did this feeling first appear? Who was putting you down while you were eating? What bad experience do you link to eating in public?
    You might dscover that there was an incident in the past, which stayed in your subconsciousness, and now manifests in this way.
    I wish you all the best.

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  • enoughofnothing
    13 years ago

    Youre not alone...

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  • ihateanalsex
    13 years ago

    It is definitely normal for u to feel that way. I used to be like u , one day my friend invited to her party and there were a lot of people i didn't know so couldn't eat, i was so hungry that i almost collapse. When eating don't look at peoples faces just eat, and don't put in your mind that people are looking at u, even if they do just ignore them. It worked for me.

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  • Ldizzy1234
    13 years ago

    Thats social anxiety. I get that sometimes too. Sometimes if I'm at the food court at the mall, or a fancy restaurant and it feels like all eyes are on me, I nibble my food.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    When I am in public I dont order messy food or foods that you eat with your hands. I order food that isnt so messy and I has alot of table manners when I am out eating.

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